tom-select VS vue-multiselect

This project uses Tom Select, which is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Tom Select on GitHub Apache License 2.0

Tip: If you're displaying a long list of timezones, consider using a select element with a search feature(e.g, tom-select) for a better user experience.

sorry if it's a dumb question. I'm using tom-select.js (https://tom-select.js.org/) to create various (s) that can use an ajax API call to retrieve/search for options. Since I have to use my own APIs that need an api key, is there a way to protect this key that could be used to access other APIs as well? Thank you

import { Controller } from "@hotwired/stimulus" import { get } from '@rails/request.js' import TomSelect from "tom-select" // Connects to data-controller="search" export default class extends Controller { static values = { url: String, selected: String } connect() { this.element.setAttribute( "autocomplete", "off" ); if (this.selectedValue == 'null') { var selected_json_data = new Array() var selected_items_array = new Array(); } else { var selected_json_data = JSON.parse(this.selectedValue) var selected_items_array = new Array() for(let i = 0; i < selected_json_data.length; i++) { selected_items_array.push(selected_json_data[i].id) } } var config = { plugins: ['clear_button', 'remove_button'], shouldLoad:function(q){ return q.length > 2; }, render: { option: this.render_option, //item: this.render_option item: function(data, escape) { return `${escape(data.email_address)}` } }, loadThrottle: 300, // check this out in search items reload new data-> // https://github.com/orchidjs/tom-select/issues/78 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74622800/fetching-data-from-api-to-create-tom-select-options maxItems: 10, maxOptions: 10, valueField: 'id', labelField: 'email_address', searchField: ['email_address', 'first_name', 'last_name'], options: selected_json_data, items: selected_items_array, sortField: { field: "email_address", direction: "asc" }, create: false, load: (q, callback) => this.search(q, callback), } let this_tom_select = new TomSelect(this.element, config) this_tom_select.clearCache() } async search(q, callback) { const response = await get(this.urlValue, { query: { q: q }, responseKind: 'json' }) if(response.ok) { callback(await response.json) } else { callback() } } render_option(data, escape) { if(data.email_address) return ` ${escape(data.first_name)} ${escape(data.last_name)} | ${escape(data.email_address)}

Besides the above, I removed all my dependencies and installed their Vue counterparts. Some of them do not yet have a stable build so, I installed the Next branch builds. So, if you do not find a Vue 3 compatible version, check the Github pull requests - usually there is one and most of the time the branch is named "Next". You can do something like https://github.com/shentao/vue-multiselect/tree/next

Example: https://github.com/shentao/vue-multiselect#install--basic-usage. Notice the css import is separate, in ?